List of National Sports Awards Winners from 2016 to 2023

National Sports Award Winners 2023:

Several athletes across various sports were selected for the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023, including World Cup star Mohammed Shami, Asian Games hero Ojas Praveen Deotale, shooters Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Parul Chaudhary. The Sports Ministry had announced the nominees for the annual sports awards in December, confirming the prestigious Khel Ratna award for badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the Arjuna award for 26 players.

President of India Draupadi Murmu honored all the award winners at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 09 January 2024. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami, one of the architects of India's near-successful World Cup campaign, has been nominated for this year's Arjuna Award, while men's doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been nominated for the premier Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. Has been nominated.

National Sports Award Winners 2022 Amount:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the biggest sports award given in India. The award is named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India. In this award, a medal, a citation and seven and a half lakh rupees are given to the awarded person. This award was instituted in the year 1991-92.

Arjuna Award:

This award is given for the best performance for four consecutive years. The award was instituted in the year 1961. The award carries an amount of five lakh rupees, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a citation.

Dronacharya Award:

This award is given to coaches for producing medal winners in prestigious international sports events and for their lifetime contribution in the field of sports development. This award was instituted in the year 1985. The Dronacharya Award consists of a statue of Guru Dronacharya, a certificate, traditional dress and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.

Dhyan Chand Award:

This award is the highest award instituted in the year 2002 for lifetime achievement in sports. This award is named after the great Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand. The recipients of this award are given a statue, certificate, traditional dress and Rs 5 lakh in cash. A maximum of three sportspersons are honored with this award every year.

Rajiv Gandhi Sports Ratna Award winner 2022:

• Neeraj Chopra (athletics)
• Mithali Raj (Cricket)
• Ravi Kumar (Wrestling)
• Manpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Shreejesh pR (hockey)
• Lovelina Borgohin (Boxing)
• Sunil Chhetri (Football)
• Avni Lekhra (para-shooting)
• Pramod Bhagat (para-badminton)
• Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)
• Sumit Anthil (Para-Athletics)
• Manish Narwal (Para-Shooting)

Dronacharya Award winner 2023:

• Ganesh Prabhakaran (Malkhamb)
• Mahavir Saini (Para Athletics)
• Lalit Kumar (wrestling)
• RB Ramesh (chess)
• Shivendra Singh (hockey)
• Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf)
• Bhaskaran E (Kabaddi)
• Jayant Kumar Pushilal (Table Tennis)

Arjun Award winner 2023:

• Ojas Praveen Devtale (archery)
• Aditi Swamy (archery)
• M Sreeshankar (Athletics)
• Parul Chaudhary (athletics)
• Mohammad Hussamuddin (boxing)
• R Vaishali (chess)
• Mohammed Shami (cricket)
• Anush Agarwal (horse riding)
• Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage)
• Diksha Dagar (Golf)
• Krishna Bahadur Pathak (hockey)
• Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu (hockey)
• Pawan Kumar (Kabaddi)
• Ritu Negi (Kabaddi)
• Nasreen (kho-kho)
• Pinky (Lawn Bowls)
• Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar (Shooting)
• Isha Singh (shooting)
• Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash)
• Ahika Mukherjee (table tennis)
• Sunil Kumar (wrestling)
• Final Panghal (wrestling)
• Naorem Roshibina Devi (Wushu)
• Sheetal Devi (Para Archery)
• Iluri Ajay Kumar Reddy (Blind Cricket)
• Prachi Yadav (Para Canoeing)

Dhyan Chand Award Winners 2022:

• Kavita Selvaraj (Kabaddi)
• Manjusha Kanwar (badminton)
• Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey)
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (badminton)
• Chirag Shetty (Badminton)

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2022:

• TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited (for identification and promotion of young sportspersons)
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Promotion of Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility)

National Sports Awards 2021:

The National Sports Awards for the year 2021 were announced by the Sports Ministry. The President of India “Shri Ram Nath Kovind” will felicitate the awardees on November 13, 2021. National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize excellence in sports. Given below is the list of selected sportspersons to receive these awards this year.

Dronacharya Award Winners 2021:

• TP Ouseph (Athletics)
• Sarkar Talwar (cricket)
• Sarpal Singh (Hockey)
• Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi)
• Tapan Kumar Paingadhi (Swimming)
• Radhakrishna Nair P (Athletics)
• Sandhya Gurung (boxing)
• Pritam Siwach (Hockey)
• Jai Prakash Nautiyal (Para Shooting)
• Subrahmanian Raman (table tennis)

Arjuna Award Winner 2021:

• Shikhar Dhawan (cricketer)
• Arpninder Singh (athlete)
• Monica (Hankey)
• Vandana Kataria (Hockey)
• Simranjit Kaur (boxing)
• Bhavani Devi (Swordsmanship)
• Abhishek Verma (Shooting)
• Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi)
• Bhavna Patel (Para Badminton)
• Ankita Raina (Tennis)
• Nishad Kumar (high jump)
• Yogesh Kathunia (Discus throw)
• Praveen Kumar (high jump)
• Harvinder Singh (Archery)
• Suhas (Para Badminton)
• Singhraj Adhana (Shooting)
• Himani Uttam (Parab Mallakhamb)
• Manpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Dilpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Rupinder Singh (Hockey)
• Surendra Kumar (Hockey)
• Amit Rohidas (Hockey)
• Virendra Lakhara (Hockey)
• Sumit (Hockey)
• Neelkanth Sharma (Hockey)
• Simranjit Singh (Hockey)
• Varun Kumar (Hockey)
• Shamsher Singh (Hockey)
• Vivek Sagar (Hockey)
• Hardik Singh (Hockey)
• Gurjant Singh (Hockey)
• Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey)

Dhyan Chand Award Winners 2021:

• Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)
• Ravi Dahiya (wrestling)
• PR Sreejesh (Hockey)
• Lovlina Borgohain (boxing)
• Sunil Chhetri (Football)
• Mithali Raj (cricket)
• Pramod Bhagat (Badminton)
• Sumit Antil (Athletics)
• Avni Lekhara (Shooter)
• Krishna Nagar (Badminton)
• Manish Narwal (shooter)
• Manpreet Singh (Hockey)

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2021:

• Manav Rachna Educational Institute (Identification and development of budding and young talent)
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (Promotion of Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners 2020:

• Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
• Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
• Manika Batra (Table Tennis)
• Rani Rampal (Hockey)
• Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athlete)

Dronacharya Award Winners 2020:

Lifetime Category:

• Dharmendra Tiwari (Archery)
• Purushottam Roy (Athletics)
• Shiv Singh (Boxing)
• Romesh Pathania (Hockey)
• Krishna Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi)
• Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting)
• Naresh Kumar (tennis)
• Om Prakash Dahiya (Wrestling)

Regular Category:

• Jude Felix Sebastian (hockey)
• Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb)
• Jaspal Rana (Shooting)
• Kuldeep Kumar Handu (Wushu)
• Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton)

Arjuna Award Winners 2020:

• Atanu Das (Archery)
• Dutee Chand (Athletics)
• Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton)
• Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton)
• Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball)
• Subedar Manish Kaushik (Boxing)
• Lovlina Borgohain (boxing)
• Ishant Sharma (Cricket)
• Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
• Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian)
• Sandesh Jhingan (Football)
• Aditi Ashok (Golf)
• Akashdeep Singh (Hockey)
• Deepika (Hockey)
• Deepak Hooda (Kabaddi)
• Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho)
• Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing)
• Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
• Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)
• Madhurika Suhas Patkar (Table Tennis)
• Divij Sharan (tennis)
• Shiva Keshavan (Winter Game)
• Divya Kakran (Wrestling)
• Rahul Aware (Wrestling)
• Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para Swimming)
• Sandeep (Para Athletics)
• Manish Narwal (Para Shooting)

Dhyan Chand Award Winners 2020:

• Mr. Kuldeep Singh Bhullar (Exercise)
• Ms. Jinsie Phillips (Exercise)
• Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton)
• Ms. Tripti Murgande (Badminton)
• Ms. N. Usha (boxing)
• Mr. Lakh Singh (Boxing)
• Mr. Sukhwinder Singh Sandhu (Football)
• Mr. Ajit Singh (Hockey)
• Mr. Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi)
• Mr. J. Ranjith Kumar (Para Athletics)
• Mr. Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton)
• Mr. Manjit Singh (Rowing)
• Late Mr. Sachin Nag (Swimming)
• Mr. Nandan P. Bal (Tennis)
• Shri Netrapal Hooda (Wrestling)

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020:

• Lakshya Institute (Identifying and Educating Emerging Young Talent)
• Army Sports Institute (Identifying and Educating Emerging Young Talent)
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited (Promotion of Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility)
• Air Force Sports Control Board (Sportsmen Employment and Sports Welfare Measures)
• International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) (for Sports Development)

National Sports Awards Winners 2019:

The National Sports Awards were announced on 17 August 2019 by a 12-member selection committee by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners 2019:

• Bajrang Punia (Wrestling)
• Deepa Malik (Para Athletics)

Dronacharya Award Winners 2019:

• Marjban Patel (Hockey, Life Time)
• Ramveer Singh Khokhar (Kabaddi, Life Time)
• Sanjay Bhardwaj (Cricket, Life Time)
• Vimal Kumar (Badminton)
• Sandeep Gupta (Table Tennis)
• Mohinder Singh Dhillon (Athletics)

   Arjuna Award Winners 2019:

• Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (Athletics)
• Mohammad Anas (Athletics)
• Swapna Burman (Athletics)
• S Bhaskaran (Body Builder)
• Sonia Lather (boxing)
• Ravindra Jadeja (cricket)
• Poonam Yadav (Cricket)
• Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Hockey)
• Ajay Thakur (Kabaddi)
• Gaurav Singh Gill (Motorsports)
• Anjum Moudgil (Shooting)
• Harmeet Desai (Table Tennis)
• Pooja Dhanda (Wrestling)
• Fawad Mirza (Equestrian)
• Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Football)
• B Sai Praneeth (Badminton)
• Simran Singh Shergill (Polo)
• Pramod Bhagat (Para Sports, Badminton)
• Surendra Singh Gujjar (Para Sports, Athletics)

Dhyan Chand Award Winners 2019:

• Manuel Fredericks (hockey)
• Anoop Basak (Table Tennis)
• Manoj Kumar (Wrestling)
• Nitin Kirtane (tennis)
• C Lalremsanga (Archery)

National Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2019:

• Nandan Kamand (Identification and Nurture of Emerging and Young Talent)
• Gagan Narang and Pawan Singh (Sports Promotion in Successful Shooting)
• Monzo Ferrer (for promotion and development in the game)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2018-19:

1. Panjab University, (Chandigarh) Punjab

National Sports Awards Winners 2018:

The National Sports Awards for the year 2018 were announced on 21 September by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners 2018:

• Virat Kohli (Cricket)
• S. Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)

Dronacharya Award Winners 2018:

• Subedar Chenanda Achaiya Kuttappa (Boxing)
• Vijay Sharma (Weightlifting)
• A. Srinivasa Rao (Table Tennis)
• Sukhdev Singh Pannu (Athletics)
• Clarence Lobo (Hockey, Lifetime)
• Tarak Sinha (Cricket, Lifetime)
• Jeevan Kumar Sharma (Judo, Lifetime)
• VR Beedu (Athletics, Lifetime)

   Arjuna Award Winners 2018:

• Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)
• Subedar Jinson Johnson (Athletics)
• Hima Das (Athletics)
• Neelakurthy Sikki Reddy (Badminton)
• Subedar Satish Kumar (Boxing)
• Smriti Mandhana (Cricket)
• Shubhankar Sharma (Golf)
• Manpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Savita (hockey)
• Colonel Ravi Rathore (Polo)
• Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting)
• Ankur Mittal (Shooting)
• Shreyasi Singh (Shooting)
• Manika Batra (Table Tennis)
• Yes. Sathiyan (Table Tennis)
• Rohan Bopanna (tennis)
• Sumit (Wrestling)
• Pooja Kadian (Wushu)
• Ankur Dhama (Para-Athletics)
• Manoj Sarkar (Para Badminton)

Dhyan Chand Award Winners 2018:

• Satyadev Prasad (Archery)
• Bharat Kumar Chhetri (Hockey)
• Bobby Alonsis (Athletics)
• Chogul Dhatu Dattatreya (Wrestling)

National Sports Promotion Awards 2018:

• Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (Identification and Nurture of Emerging and Young Talent)
• JSW Sports (Sports Promotion through Corporate Social Responsibility)
• Isha Outreach (Games for Growth)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18:

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab)

National Sports Award winner

The National Sports Awards for the year 2017 were announced on 29 August by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winner 2017:

Winner Name	Sports
Mr. Devendra	Para athlete
Shri Sardar Singh	Hockey

2. Dronacharya Award Winners 2017:

Winner Name	Sports
Late Dr. R.K. Gandhi	Athletics
Shri Hira Nand Kataria	Kabaddi
Shri G.S.V. Prasad	Badminton (Life Time)
Mr Brij Bhushan Mohanty	Boxing (life time)
Shri P.A. Raphael	Hockey (Life Time)
Shri Sanjoy Chakraborty	Shooting (Life Time)
Mr. Roshan Lal	Wrestling (Life Time)

3. Arjuna Award Winner 2017:

Winner Name	Sports
Ms.V.J. Surekha	Archery
Ms. Khushbir Kaur	Athletics
Shri Arokia Rajeev	Athletics
Ms. Prashanti Singh	Basketball
Subedar Laishram Debandro Singh	Boxing
Shri Cheteshwar Pujara	Cricket
Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur	Cricket
Ms. Oinam Bembam Devi	Football
Shri S.S.P. Chaurasia	Golf
Shri S.V. Sunil	Hockey
Shri Jasveer Singh	Kabaddi
Shri P.N. light	Shooting
Shri A. Amalraj	Table tennis
Shri Saketmineni	Tennis
Shri Satyawart Kadian	Wrestling
Mr. Mariyappan	Para-athlete
Shri Varun Singh Bhati	Para-athlete

4. Dhyan Chand Award Winner 2017:

Winner Name	Sports
Shri Bhupendra Singh	Athletics
Shri Syed Shahid Hakim	Football
Ms. Sumarai Tete	Hockey

Winners of National Sports Awards 2016: 

The National Sports Awards were announced on 22 August 2016. For the first time in history four sportspersons were announced to be awarded the most prestigious sports award 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna'.

1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winner 2016:

Name of the awardee	Sports
Ms. P.V. Sindhu	Badminton
Ms. Deepa Karmakar	Gymnastics
Shri Jitu Rai	Shooting
Ms. Sakshi Malik	Wrestling

2. Dronacharya Award Winner 2016:

Name of the awardee coach	Sports
Shri Nagpuri Ramesh	Athletics
Shri Sagar Mal Dyal	Boxing
Shri Raj Kumar Sharma	Cricket
Shri Bisheshwar Nandi	Gymnastics
Shri S Pradeep Kumar	Swimming (Lifetime)
Shri Mahavir Singh	Wrestling (Lifetime)

3. Arjuna Award Winner 2016:

Name of awardee	Sports
Shri Rajat Chauhan	Archery
Ms. Lalita Babar	Athletics
Shri Sourav Kothari	Billiards and Snooker
Shri Shiv Thapa	Boxing
Shri Ajinkya Rahane	Cricket
Shri Subrata Paul	Football
Ms. Rani	Hockey
Shri Raghunath V R	Hockey
Shri Gurpreet Singh	Shooting
Ms. Apurvi Chandela	Shooting
Shri Soumyajit Ghosh	Table tennis
Ms. Vinesh	wrestling
Shri Amit Kumar	Wrestling
Shri Sandeep Singh Mann	Para athletics
Shri Virender Singh	Wrestling (deaf)

Also read: National and International Cups and Trophies and their related games 4. Dhyan Chand Award Winner 2016:

Name of awardee	Sports
Ms. Satti Geetha	Athletics
Mr. Sylvanus Dung Dung	Hockey
Shri Rajendra Prahlad Shelke	Sailing

5. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar Winner 2016:

Category	Recommended Company for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, 2016
Identification and promotion of emerging and young talent	1. Hockey Citizens Group
	2. Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian Cricket Club
	3. Usha School of Athletics
	4. Stairs
Promotion of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	India Infrastructure Finance Corporation Limited
Employment of sportspersons and other welfare measures	Reserve Bank of India
Game Development	Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society

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